''Supply Chain Management'' is a bimonthly

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covering issues in

supply chain management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) deals with a system of procurement (purchasing raw materials/components), operations management, logistics and marketing channels, through which raw materials can be developed into finished produc ...

, including contractual relationships, data interchange and

vertical integration In microeconomics, management and international political economy, vertical integration, also referred to as vertical consolidation, is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is integrated and owned by that company. Usually each ...

, efficient consumer response, investment in

emerging economies An emerging market (or an emerging country or an emerging economy) is a market that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not fully meet its standards. This includes markets that may become developed markets in the future or we ...

, just in time procedures,

logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

, organizational behaviour, and

risk management Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks, followed by the minimization, monitoring, and control of the impact or probability of those risks occurring. Risks can come from various sources (i.e, Threat (sec ...

. It is published by

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and the

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is Andrew Fearne (

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). The journal publishes research papers, research notes, case studies, insights from industry, and doctoral papers. The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2012

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of 1.684.

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* {{Official website, http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/scm.htm Business and management journals Bimonthly journals Emerald Group Publishing academic journals English-language journals Publications with year of establishment missing Supply chain management